Adornments: Dekho Bijli Dole Bin Baadal Ki

A delightful duet today from the super hit musical "Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon" (1963). It is a lovely dance sequence shot on a grand scale. The composition is excellent too, making the song an audio-visual treat.

Singers: Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar
Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Music: O. P. Nayyar

Adornments: Mujhse Bhala Yeh Kaajal Tera

A popular duet from the seventies today. It is from "The Train"(1970), a fairly successful mystery thriller of its times. A breezy song, it is very pleasant to listen to. But not so pleasant to watch because of poor choreography. The childish mannerisms of Nanda and Rajesh Khanna look quite comic at times.

Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammad Rafi
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Music: R. D. Burman

Adornments: Baaje Paayal Chhun Chhun

Yesterday's post (Chhun chhun ghunghroo bole) reminded me of a similar song from "Chhalia" (1960). If one has the charming combination of Asha Bhosle and Madhubala, the other is the result of a magical collaboration between Lata Mangeshkar and Nutan. Both are penned by Qamar Jalalabadi. And both are wonderful expressions of happiness.

Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi
Music: Kalyanji Anandji

Adornments: Chhun Chhun Ghunghroo Bole

A solo from "Phagun"(1958) today. This film had many songs and several of them were very good. I had posted another number from this film Baraso Re in the previous series "Rain Songs". Other popular songs are Ik pardesi mera dil le gaya and Piya piya na lage mora jiya.

Singer: Asha Bhosle
Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi
Music: O. P. Nayyar

Adornments: Kahaan Se Aaye Badara

The superb duet that I am posting today subtly refers to tears by saying ghulta jaaye kajara. How beautiful! This is from a Sai Paranjpye film, "Chashm-E-Buddoor"(1981). A romantic comedy, this was shot on location in Delhi. Listening to Yesudas makes one wonder why we did not hear more of his voice in Hindi films.

Those who watched "Hum Log" on the telly in the eighties will recognize Vinod Nagpal in the video clip. He played the role of Basesar in that serial. Deepti Naval looks very pretty. She paired well with Farooq Shaikh. Here are two versions of the same song. The clip showing video from the film is shorter, while the one without the video is longer.

Singers: K. J. Yesudas, Haimanti Shukla
Lyrics: Indu Jain
Music: Raj Kamal

Adornments: Jaanoon Jaanoon Re

A playful duet by Asha Bhosle and Geeta Dutt from "Insaan Jaag Utha"(1959). The two friends are teasing each other about their respective love interests. Simply delightful!

Singers: Asha Bhosle, Geeta Dutt
Lyrics: Shailendra
Music: S. D. Burman

Adornments: Haathon Mein Mehndi

"Uphaar" (1971) was a coming of age story of a bride who is childlike in her ways. Based on Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore's short story "Samapti", it was produced by the Barjatyas under the Rajshri banner. It starred Jaya Bhaduri as the adolescent bride and she was just perfect for that role. Her husband was played by Swarup Dutt. He was not seen much in other films later.

Today's song features mehndi which is a favourite adornment of women in general and brides-to-be in particular. I had posted a beautiful mehndi song from "Mehboob Ki Mehndi" in an earlier series "Her Story". You may listen to it here.

Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Music: Laxmikant Pyarelal